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Levine, a Jewish scholar of the New Testament, is the first non-Christian to lead the organisation. The association, founded in 1936, is a professional society for Catholic biblical scholars."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Levine, 90, has written extensively on the New Testament from a Jewish perspective. Her works include *The Misunderstood Jew*, *The Bible With and Without Jesus* and *The Jewish Annotated New Testament*. Religion News Service reported that Levine’s interest in Christianity began when she was six years old, watching Pope John XXIII’s funeral on television. Her mother told her the pope was \"a friend to the Jews\", which Levine later said influenced her view of the Catholic Church."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The election was covered by eight outlets, none of which published a full report. The digests agree that Levine is the first Jewish scholar to hold the presidency, but they diverge on the significance of her views. NxRstudios, an unrated outlet, claimed Levine denies that Jesus is the Messiah and supports abortion and homosexuality. No other outlet corroborated or disputed these claims."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"No centre-rated outlet reported the story. None of the digests below mention the date of Levine’s election or the length of her term as president. 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